Mushroom log inoculation with Sean Bromley Saturday 08th November 10am - 4pm
Tea/Coffee and Treats upon arrival. Complimentary Soup and Bread at Lunchtime.
A description of the course content?
Learn how to cultivate mushroom on logs, in an easy, low tech, sustainable and enjoyable way. Make use of waste prunings, thinnings and felled trees, to produce reliable all year round harvest of shiitake, oyster, lions mane and many more. An amazing addition to any garden, bring another kingdom to your table.
What you will learn:
1. Mushroom Biology and Ecology
2. Selecting, Cutting & Preparing Timber
3. Drilling, Plugging & Waxing4. Managing the Spawn Run (6–18 months)
5. Fruiting & Harvesting
6. Value-Added Processing
What will you bring home:
shiitake dowels each, so participants can make a log at home.
Sean will have more species for sale on the day too.
About Sean:
I am a woodland practitioner and educator with over 15 years of experience in permaculture, organic horticulture, and community forestry. After earning my Diploma in Permaculture and Organic Horticulture from Kinsale College in 2010, I gained international experience on organic farms across Europe, North America, and Peru, and have since worked with The Organic Centre in Leitrim and managed market gardens in Cork and Galway.
In East Clare, I collaborate with schools, NGOs, landowners, and community groups to restore native woodlands, create biodiversity corridors, and establish educational forest spaces. My family and I are developing a 15 acre off grid smallholding near Feakle, where we have planted thousands of trees, an and established orchards and gardens. For the last 6 years I’ve been cultivating mushrooms on logs as both an ecological and enterprise model, and have been running workshops, courses and Meitheals teaching people the skills needed.
